Internships & Externships

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Internship and externship opportunities provide students with
valuable legal experience and serve as a significant first step on their
career paths. CAMCHL assists students with career development and
networking by helping students gain internship and externship positions
in local, national and international law firms, museums, government
offices, cultural institutions and nonprofit organizations. CAMCHL also
helps provide students with scholarships to assist with the financial
costs of these externships.

Recent externship placements include the Chicago History Museum,
the Field Museum of Natural History, U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
Sotheby’s, the Association on American Indian Affairs and the Art-Law
Centre at the University of Geneva.

For more information on how to secure an internship or externship
in the field of art, museum and cultural heritage law, please contact
Patty Gerstenblith , Director, Center for Art, Museum & Cultural Heritage Law. Please note that CAMCHL does not guarantee student placement with any of the organizations listed above.

"My externship with the Bureau of Customs & Border
Protection in Chicago was one of my most rewarding experiences so far in
law school... My ultimate career goal would be to work as a litigator
in the customs and international trade sector and I think that my
experience at Customs & Border Protection, more than anything else,
helped set me down that path." - Kyle Brennan, JD '14

"I was fortunate enough to work as Professor
Gerstenblith's research assistant... This opportunity was one of the
best parts about my experiences at DePaul so far. I was able to receive
personal feedback about my legal research and writing skills while
working with one of the leaders in the field of cultural heritage."- Maggie Rhoda, JD '15

"I was [an extern] at Sotheby's Auction House in New
York City... The internship was very much like a 'shadowing' experience –
a lot of the time I was invited by the compliance team to sit in on
meetings or attend court proceedings. Meetings ranged from the weekly
compliance call with the London compliance counterparts, to meetings
with outside counsel in Brazil and India, to meetings with Sotheby's
specialists regarding provenance due diligence." - Corinne Smith, JD '15